TY - BOOK AU - Bassett,Ross Knox TI - To the digital age: research labs, start-up companies, and the rise of MOS technology T2 - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology SN - 0801868092 (alk. paper) AV - TK7871.99.M44 B373 2002 U1 - 621.39 BAS 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Metal oxide semiconductors KW - History KW - Electronics KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: 1 How a Bad Idea Became Good (to Some) -- THE EMERGENCE OF THE MOSTRANSISTOR, 1945-1963 -- 2 Back from the Frontier -- IBM RESEARCH AND THE FORMATION OF THE LSI PROGRAM, 1951-1965 -- 3 Development at Research -- THE RESEARCH PHASE OF IBM'S MOS PROGRAM, 1963-1967 -- 4 MOS in a Bipolar Company -- FAIRCHILD AND THE MOS TRANSISTOR, 1963-1968 -- 5 It Takes an Industry -- THE MOS COMMUNITY -- 6 The End of Research -- INTEL AND THE MOSTRANSISTOR, 1968-1975 -- 7 IBM -- MOS AND THE VISIBLE HAND, 1967-1975 -- 8 The Logic of MOS -- INTEL AND THE MICROPROCESSOR, 1968-1975 -- Conclusion/Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Organizational Charts -- Appendix 2: Sources for Tables -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu052/2001001861.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2001001861.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/2001001861.html ER -